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# Technology User Experience Designer

- **Company:** American Electric Power
- **Location:** Gahanna, OH, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Cognitive Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Sciences, Team Foundation Server, Service Design, User-Centered Design, Website Wireframe, Claude Code, Information Technology, Figma, Interactive Whiteboards
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://electricenergyonline.com/job/opportunity/energy/490766/american-electric-power/information-technology-it-/ohio/technology-user-experience-designer.html

## About the Role

* Experience applying human-centered design principles to digital products, services, or experiences.
 * Experience conducting user research and usability testing and translating findings into design recommendations.
 * Experience creating UX deliverables such as user flows, information architecture, wireframes, experience concepts, prototypes, or journey maps.
 * Working knowledge of information architecture, experience design, accessibility, usability, and UX research methods.
 * Experience using UX research, design, prototyping, collaboration, or testing tools.
 * Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to perform intermediate UX assignments with limited guidance.

Preferred Experience

 * Experience or exposure to service design, experience strategy, journey mapping, or design thinking.
 * Experience researching and designing customer- or employee-facing digital experiences.
 * Experience or interest in researching, designing, prototyping, or testing AI-enabled digital experiences.

Preferred Education

 * Bachelor's degree in User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, Information Science, Design, Design Research, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.

## Description

UX Research, Discovery and Strategy

 * Plan and conduct user research, including interviews, usability studies, card sorting, tree testing, collaborative workshops, discovery activities, and other qualitative and quantitative methods, with guidance as needed.
 * Analyze and synthesize research into actionable insights and create UX artifacts such as personas, journey maps, experience maps, test plans, moderator guides, and other research deliverables.
 * Participate in and help facilitate discovery, ideation, and co-creation activities with customers, employees, business partners, subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary teams.
 * Communicate research insights to help teams make informed product, service, and experience decisions.
 * Contribute to experience visions and strategies that connect user needs with business objectives and technology capabilities.
 * Explore how emerging technologies, including AI, can improve customer and employee experiences and address meaningful user needs.
 * Represent user needs and perspectives in product and technology discussions to help teams remain focused on the experience and problem being solved., * Translate research insights and user needs into user flows, information architecture, experience concepts, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
 * Design intuitive and accessible experiences that consider user needs, business objectives, technical considerations, and established design standards.
 * Create and iterate concepts and prototypes based on research, usability testing, user feedback, and input from the project team.
 * Apply information architecture, usability, experience design, and accessibility principles when developing user flows, concepts, and prototypes.
 * Use established design systems, reusable components, and experience patterns when developing and testing concepts.
 * Contribute to the design, prototyping, and testing of conversational, personalized, assisted, and other AI-enabled experiences.
 * Collaborate with business and Technology partners throughout the experience lifecycle, communicating design rationale and incorporating feedback into design decisions.

Tools and Practices

 * Use UX design, research, collaboration, prototyping, and testing tools such as Figma, Sketch, Claude Code / Design, Miro, UserTesting, Optimal Workshop, or similar tools.
 * Apply human-centered design, UX research, information architecture, usability, accessibility, and experience design methods based on the needs of the initiative.
 * Contribute ideas for improving UX processes, methods, tools, and practices.
 * Build knowledge of emerging technologies and experience trends, including how AI is changing customer expectations, employee workflows, and digital interactions.
 * Continue developing skills in UX research, experience planning, prototyping, facilitation, and emerging UX practices